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No_, contraction of _not. Not_, a modification of _no-thing,
noth-ing, naught_. "He is _not_ greater"--is greater _in
naught_--_in no thing_.
_Adrift_ is the past part. _adrifed, adrif'd, adrift_; from the
Saxon _drifan_, or _adrifan_, to drive. _Ago_, formerly written
_ygo, gon, agon, gone, agone_, is the past part. of the verb _to
go_. It refers to time _gone by. Asunder_, the Saxon past part.
_asundren_, from the verb _sondrian_ or _asondrian_, to separate.
_Aloft--on the loft, on luft, on lyft; lyft_ being the Anglo-Saxon
word for _air_ or _clouds. Astray_, the part. of _straegan_, to
stray. _Awry_, part. of _wry than_, to writhe.
_Needs_--_need-is_; anciently, _nedes_, nede is.
To-_wit_, the infinitive of _witan_, to know. It means, _to be
known_. _Ay_ or _yea_ signifies _have it, enjoy it. Yes_ is _ay-es_,
have, possess, enjoy _that_. Our corrupt _o-yes_ of the crier, is
the French imperative, _oyez_, hear, listen. _Straight way_--by a
straight way. _While--wheel_; period in which some thing _whiles_ or
_wheels_ itself round.


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